WRB — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of WRB's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-07-31 vs the prior 10-Q · 2026-05-01
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +48 | −12 | ~49 | 45 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 1 |
| Legal proceedings | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Risk factors | No material changes reported (points to the 10-K) | — | — | — | — |
| Other information | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 0 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-07-31
For the Insurance segment, the adverse development during the first half of 2025 was driven by other liability and commercial auto liability and was partially offset by favorable development for short tail lines of business, including commercial property and commercial auto physical damage. The adve…
The favorable development for short tail property lines of business during the first half of 2025 related to the 2024 accident year, and resulted from favorable settlements of both catastrophe and non-catastrophe claims below our expectations.
For the Reinsurance & Monoline Excess segment, the favorable development during the first half of 2025 was driven mainly by favorable development in non-proportional reinsurance for assumed property. Similar to the Insurance segment, the favorable property reinsurance development was driven by favor…
Reserve Discount. The Company discounts its liabilities for certain workers’ compensation reserves. The amount of workers’ compensation reserves that were discounted was $1,436 million and $1,400 million at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. The aggregate net discount for those reser…
Substantially all of the workers’ compensation discount (97% of total discounted reserves at June 30, 2026) relates to excess workers’ compensation reserves. In order to properly match loss expenses with income earned on investment securities supporting the liabilities, reserves for excess workers’ …
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-01
For the Insurance segment, the adverse development during the first quarter of 2025 was driven primarily by excess other liability, including umbrella, and was partially offset by favorable development for short-tail lines of business, including commercial property and commercial auto physical damag…
For the Reinsurance & Monoline Excess segment, the favorable development during the first quarter of 2025 was driven mainly by favorable development in non-proportional reinsurance assumed property, partially offset by adverse development in the non-proportional reinsurance assumed liability line of…
Reserve Discount. The Company discounts its liabilities for certain workers’ compensation reserves. The amount of workers’ compensation reserves that were discounted was $1,412 million and $1,400 million at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. The aggregate net discount for those rese…
Substantially all of the workers’ compensation discount (97% of total discounted reserves at March 31, 2026) relates to excess workers’ compensation reserves. In order to properly match loss expenses with income earned on investment securities supporting the liabilities, reserves for excess workers’…
rate for the period. Once established, no adjustments are made to the discount rate for that period, and any increases or decreases in loss reserves in subsequent years are discounted at the same rate, without regard to when any such adjustments are recognized. The expected loss and loss expense pay…
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice